Port-Des-Barques travel guide
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Visit Port-Des-Barques: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Port-Des-Barques is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Port-Des-Barques is 414 km from Paris and 597 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochefort at 9 km from Port-Des-Barques
Popular places to visit near Port-Des-Barques: these include Rochefort at 9 km and Ile-d'Aix at 10 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 9km and Brouage Fortifications is a listed 'grand site of france' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Port-Des-Barques, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Port-Des-Barques
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Port-Des-Barques.
Note that all distances from Port-Des-Barques shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Port-Des-Barques holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Port-Des-Barques (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Port-Des-Barques and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Boirie (18km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (25km) : La Roche Courbon (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (26km) : La Flotte-en-Re (33km) : Ars-en-Re (44km) : Talmont (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (38km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (41km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (42km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Royan (36km) : Marans (41km) : Saintes (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (9km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Port-Des-Barques & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Port-des-Barques
Canton: Saint-Agnant
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17730
Distance to Port-Des-Barques
from La Rochelle: 24 km
from Paris: 414 km
from Calais: 597 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 129 km
from Strasbourg: 727 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Port-Des-Barques): Fouras, Moeze, Saint-Froult, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Pree, Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente and Soubise.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Port-Des-Barques from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Port-Des-Barques